{"podcast":{"title":"Hardwood Knocks: An NBA Podcast","slug":"hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033","podcast_index_feed_id":47033,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2916956/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://nbamath.com/hardwood-knocks/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0e35e4bb65b157c6a017ae3c940d3204.jpg","author":"HardwoodKnocks: An NBA Podcast","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Hardwood Knocks is a totally, completely, thoroughly fun AF NBA podcast in which Bleacher Report's Dan Favale and Grant Hughes analyze the ins, outs, ups, downs and, heck, even diagonals of The Association. FOLLOW US EVERYWHERE⬇️ Apple: http://apple.co/2iIw0IJ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Xnq1yKgX8uJCllz1fOQfP YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HardwoodKnocksNBA TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardwoodknocks Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwoodKnocks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hardwood_knocks/ SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH⬇️ https://hardwood-knocks-shop.fourthwall.com/?","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T18:17:13.268667+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033"},"episode":{"title":"Los Angeles Lakers 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead","published_at":"2026-08-25T09:03:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/los-angeles-lakers-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/los-angeles-lakers-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead--74671684","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74671684/los_angeles_lakers.mp3","summary":"Dan is joined by Jabari A Davis ( @jabariadavis ) from iHeart to break down the 2026-27 Los Angeles Lakers! TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 0:57 - The Lakers’ offseason vision 3:08 - LeBron James’ exit 7:52 - Will the Lakers even miss LeBron? 9:21 - How do the Lakers intend to play? 13:24 - Walker Kessler’s fit 21:39 - The Jonathan Kuminga discussion 26:52 - The most important non-Kessler additions 29:12 - Fifth starter and backup bigs 35:09 - Trade targets to monitor 38:44 - Early impressions of Cameron Carr 43:04 - Breaking down Adou Thiero, Arthur Kaluma and Bronny James 49:52 - Which youngsters have the best shot at playing? 51:34 - Evaluating the Lakers’ depth 54:26 - Biggest remaining needs 56:04 - Is Luka Doncic flying under the radar? 59:33 - Top-10 rotation 1:02:28 - Go-to closing lineup 1:04:05 - Weirdo lineups we want to see 1:06:09 - Impact of the Lakers’ ownership battle 1:09:32 - PREDICTIONS! SUPPORT US ON PATREON 🫶 SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TikTok: @hardwoodknocks Twitter @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Dan's Bluesky: @danfavale Dan's Twitter: @danfavale Dan's IG: @danfavale Grant's Bluesky: @granthughes BUSINESS INQUIRES⬇️ hardwoodknocks@gmail.com","meta_description":"Dan is joined by Jabari A Davis ( @jabariadavis ) from iHeart to break down the 2026-27 Los Angeles Lakers! TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 0:57 - The Lakers’ o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4527,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/episodes/los-angeles-lakers-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/los-angeles-lakers-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}